Benchmarks: Temperature
Keeping power consumption in check should bode well for temperature, and the Aurora R4 gets off to a good start with the CPU idling at a cool 28ºC.
We had wondered whether or not the tighter confines of a mid-tower chassis would limit the potential of the Asetek-produced liquid cooler. Apparently not; it kept the Intel Core i7-3930K running at a barely-hot 59ºC under extreme load.
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 580 has been known to get a little hot under the collar, but hats off to the Aurora R4, it managed to keep NVIDIA's fastest GPU running relatively cool during a session of Aliens vs. Predator.